In a recent article for Grantmakers in Health, Rick Ybarra, senior program officer at the Hogg Foundation, explores how philanthropy can contribute to supporting and building a stronger, more robust, and durable nonprofit sector.
Philanthropy has forever espoused the term “sustainability.” We ask in grant applications and in our conversations with grant partners: “What’s your sustainability plan?” and “How do you plan to sustain your program once the grant ends?” Read more…
Culturally Competent Mental Health Practice with Hispanic Clients: Video Training Modules
The Hogg Foundation's Bilingual Scholarships Grant Program, which closed last year, was an important part of our multi-pronged effort to address the workforce needs of our state--in particular, the need for a culturally competent mental health workforce. But as we've...
Wallace Award Winner: Discourse and Diagnosis in ADHD
Marian Morris, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, and a 2016 recipient of the Frances Fowler Wallace Award from the Hogg Foundation, has recently completed her dissertation, “A Discourse Analysis of How Nurses Talk about...
Wallace Award Winner: Postpartum Depression and Women’s Mental Health Literacy
Sarah Guy, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, and a 2016 recipient of the Frances Fowler Wallace Award from the Hogg Foundation, has recently completed her dissertation, “Understanding Women’s Perspectives of Mental...
Peer Support with an Artistic Flair
When my teammate Christina arrived on the Austin State Hospital peer support team three years ago, it was clear that she had a theatrical bent. I will never forget her cobalt-blue hair and the feathery dangling earrings she wore the day I met her. She soon introduced...
Triumph Through Tensions: Mentoring During a Peer Support Practicum
Mentoring a new peer supporter requires living with tensions. According to theories of organizational complexity, tensions exist in any complex adaptive system. There’s the maxim, “On the one hand…on the other hand” going on all the time. It makes for some interesting...
A Challenge to the Incoming Administration: Let’s Make Mental Health and Behavioral Health Great!
The election is over. We have a new President-Elect. A new Cabinet is being assembled; presidential appointees are being considered. President-Elect Trump's key message throughout his campaign was to "Make America Great Again!" As the incoming administration confronts...